Agre Ek Nivedana Kori
Yamuna Bhavavali Song 19; The Meaning of Doyamoy
hari
he agre
eka nibedana kori madhunisūdana śuno
kṛpā koriyā āmāya nirarthaka
kathā noya nigūḍhārtha-moya hoya hṛdoyā
hoite bahirāya
Oh my dear Lord Hari! I have just one appeal to make before You, oh killer of the Madhu demon! Please be kind enough to hear it from me. It is certainly not a useless talk for wasting time, for it is full of very deep meaning. Indeed, it is welling up from the very depths of my heart.
ati
aprakṛṣṭa āmi parama doyālu tumi taba
doyā mora adhikāra je
jata patita hoya taba doyā tata tāya ta'te
āmi su-pātra doyāra
I am most degraded, and You are most merciful; therefore I have full rights to stake a claim for Your mercy. For no matter how fallen I could possibly be, Your mercy easily extends to that degree; therefore I am quite a suitable candidate for receiving Your causeless mercy.
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jodi upekhibe doyā-pātre
kothā pābe doyāmoya
nāmaṭi ghucā'be e
bhaktibinoda koya doyā koro doyāmoya jaśa-kīrti
ciro-dina pā'be
If You were to neglect my appeal, then Your famous name as "the Most Merciful" would become null and void. And then where else could this recipient go to find the same kind of mercy? Bhaktivinoda says, please be merciful, oh Most Merciful! If You would do this, then Your fame and glories will go on unblemished for all of time to come.
Translation
Oh my dear Lord Hari! I have just one appeal to make before You, oh killer of the Madhu demon! Please be kind enough to hear it from me. It is certainly not a useless talk for wasting time, for it is full of very deep meaning. Indeed, it is welling up from the very depths of my heart.
I am most degraded, and You are most merciful; therefore I have full rights to stake a claim for Your mercy. For no matter how fallen I could possibly be, Your mercy easily extends to that degree; therefore I am quite a suitable candidate for receiving Your causeless mercy.
If You were to neglect my appeal, then Your famous name as "the Most Merciful" would become null and void. And then where else could this recipient go to find the same kind of mercy? Bhaktivinoda says, please be merciful, oh Most Merciful! If You would do this, then Your fame and glories will go on unblemished for all of time to come.